Hofstra suspect claimed to be 'better person' in parole pitch

2:24 PM,
May 23, 2013

Dalton Smith

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The home invasion suspect killed along with Hofstra University junior Andrea Rebello of Tarrytown told a Parole Board two years ago that he was no longer a Crips gang member, wanted to continue his college education and wanted to take care of himself in ways other than committing armed robberies.

"I am definitely a better person now," Dalton Smith told the panel in August 2011, according to a transcript obtained by The Journal News. "The only way to prove that is getting into society."

Smith was serving a 10-year term for a 2003 attempted robbery, having pointed a .45-caliber revolver at the ...